From Valerie Gregg: Important for dg.o2004 - Project Highlights

[dg.opis at mailman.isi.edu]

Dear Digital Government PIs:

We’d like to update you on our plans for the dg.o 2004 National 
Conference on Digital Government Research
http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004

The important points are listed here and explained in more detail below.

o	The NSF requests that all projects submit a Project Highlight to the 
dg.o 2004 Conference
o	All projects should participate in the dg.o Conference and present 
their Project Highlight.  All projects will be presented at the 
conference.  Most projects will be presented during the conference 
sessions. Some projects (perhaps the newer or smaller projects) may be 
presented during the poster/demo sessions. 
o	All projects are encouraged to submit demo proposals.
o	All projects are welcome to submit poster proposals, as appropriate.
o	Everyone is welcome to submit a proposal a for Birds-of-a-feather 
session.
o	Research papers are longer now (10 pages rather than 6) and will be 
reviewed, in depth, by the program committee. We expect to accept 
between 10 and 15 papers. The best papers will be considered for 
inclusion in either a special issue of an existing scholarly journal or 
for a possible new Digital Government Research Journal currently under 
discussion. We are looking for papers that make a contribution to the 
emerging field of digital government research.
o	Short papers have been eliminated.
o	NOTE: We expect to invite the best submissions in all categories to 
an NSF Digital Government Workshop, to be held in the Washington, D.C. 
area following the conference to highlight the Digital Government 
Program.

All submissions to the conference must be made through an automated 
system, available at:
http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004/papers/

The system will be accessible January 16, 2004 to February 6, 2004 at 
this address. Late submissions or revisions will not be accepted. NO 
EXCEPTIONS.

Project Highlight Submission: This year a new track called NSF Project 
Highlights has been introduced in the Digital Government Conference to 
showcase the NSF Digital Government Projects.  

 Step 1: Each project should submit an MS PowerPoint file describing 
its most interesting, exciting, and challenging aspects. You must 
address the following 10 topics (e.g., have 10 slides). You may use 
extra slides (e.g., to describe multiple success stories). This format 
is designed to be simple and easy for you to fill in, simple and easy 
for us, your NSF program directors, to use when we describe your 
project, and useful for you as you respond to the annual request from 
NSF for “nuggets” and other information (to be responsive to the 
Government Performance and Results Act GPRA). (Note that the NSF 
request for GPRA information will be sent to you very soon.) We 
encourage you to describe the most interesting aspects of your project 
in each category below – the kind of information that you’d like to 
present at the conference. 

Please prepare 10 slides with the following information:

1.	Project title
2.	Types of collaboration with government partner (e.g., through 
cost-sharing, direct support, advice and feedback) and with other 
closely related grants
3.	Scientific research objective
4.	Accomplishments
5.	Management structure for the project, including government partners
6.	Collaboration examples and success stories
7.	Broad impact
8.	Challenges/barriers
9.	Research value when working in DG domain
10.	Recommendations for improving DG program

Step 2:Each project will receive constructive feedback from the program 
committee, including feedback from the NSF program officers, on its 
Project Highlights submission. The program committee will also inform 
you of the venue for your project highlight at the dg.o 2004 
Conference. We expect the feedback to be ready for you on March 12, 
2004. You will be able to see your feedback by logging into the online 
submission site at: http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004/papers/

Step 3: Each project should write a 2-page project description that 
will appear in the printed proceedings for the dg.o 2004 
Conference. You are encouraged to describe the most interesting aspects 
of your project in your write up. You can also include references to 
your project website(s) or other materials.

Step 4: Each project should present their Project Highlight at the 
conference, in the venue chosen by the program committee.

Demo, Poster and Birds of a Feather Submissions: You are encouraged to 
submit 2-page demo proposals, poster proposals, and birds-of-a-feather 
session proposals for consideration at the conference. One of the 
highlights of dg.o conferences is the demonstration/poster sessions, 
held in special sessions to the accompaniment of good food. We 
encourage demos that accompany papers or project highlights (in which 
case, please submit both a system demo description and a paper or 
project highlight). Each demo station will have a table, an easel, and 
Internet access.

Research Paper Submission: You are encouraged to submit research papers 
that make a substantial contribution in the field of digital government 
research. The research papers can be up to 10 pages in length and will 
be reviewed by a minimum of three reviewers from the program 
committee. We expect to accept about a dozen research papers. Note: 
this is quite different from prior years where nearly all papers, both 
short and long, were accepted. Also note that the “short paper” 
category has been eliminated for this year.

Important Dates:

Due February 6, 2004:    	MS PowerPoint file (10 slides, as described 
above)

                                             	Demo proposals in .pdf 
format (2 page limit)

                                             	Poster proposals in .pdf 
format (2 page limit)

                                             	Research papers in .pdf 
format (10 page limit)

                                             	Birds-of-a-feather 
proposals in .pdf format (2 page limit)

Due April 2, 2004:            	Camera-ready copies of all accepted 
papers in .pdf format
					
					2 page project description document for Project Highlight in .pdf 
format –
					to appear in the dg.o 2004 Proceedings 

PIs reception:                      May 23, 2004 at the conference 
hotel in Seattle, WA
					(http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004/venue)

dg.o 2004 Conference: 	May 23-26, 2004 in Seattle, WA

For more information on the conference, please consult the website at:
http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004

We'd love to hear from all projects at the dg.o Conference.  If your 
project has ended and you'd like to be removed from the mailing list, 
you may unsubscribe at the very bottom of this page: 
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Best wishes,

Val